Checking the status for 5200 websites
OU Create The University of Oklahoma offers all of its students, staff, and faculty their own web domains through the OU Create program. Anyone who wants to can sign up for a free subdomain (someth…
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Reflections on Domains 19
Domains19 wrapped yesterday, and it was great. Lauren and the whole Reclaim Hosting team did a great job putting the conference together. As with any good conference, my favorite part was getting t…
#Domains 19 Day 2 Lunch Keynote with Amy Collier
For the Day 2 lunch keynote, Amy Collier talked to us about Ambitious futures for (digital) education: Perspectives from Tropicália.
#Domains 19 Day 2 Breakout Session 3: Embedded in the Fabric
Georgetown Domains and the Master’s of Learning, Design, and Technology Speakers: Lee Skallerup Bessette, Randal Ellsworth Abstract: The mission of the new Master’s of Learning, Design, and T…
#Domains 19 Day 2 Breakout Session 2: Weaponizing Your Website
Speakers: Jennifer Hill Abstract: There is a war a raging in our cyberworld and it is time for you to join the resistance. Cambridge Analytica stealing Facebook user’s data, white supremacists gett…
#Domains 19 Day 2 Breakout Session 1: HAX Chaotic Good
Speakers: Bryan Ollendyke (Not really an) Abstract: “YOU SEE, I’M NOT A MONSTER… I’M JUST AHEAD OF THE CURVE“ Unbalance, unrest, and chaos can be brought with one simple act: Giving away everything…
Getting Started with WordPress in OU Create
It’s back to school season, and for me that means helping students and faculty set up websites. The Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma provides a service called OU Creat…
Omeka + HTML5Up
I have been working on a couple of Omeka sites this semester. I really like the Omeka system for its handling of meta data and the Neatline map extension for
Omeka of One’s Own
One of the recurring concerns/complaints surrounding the Domain of One’s Own project is the inescapability of WordPress. Most students and faculty on OU
Duplicating Drupal
One of my big ongoing projects is an online Drupal database for the History of Chemistry called Situating Chemistry. The database connects the sites where
Using Reclaim Hosting’s Server Status API in WordPress
I am extremely excited about a server status page that I just published for OU Create. The page simply displays the current status, operational or otherwise, of the two Reclaim Hosting servers that…
Embedding WordPress in D2L
One of the main limitations for learning management systems is that many are constructed as silos, hiding the course contents from anyone not enrolled in the class. This limitation encouraged me an…